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...Violence I write in response to "a Philippine Shame" [Nov. 27]. The Philippine government is determined to end unexplained killings and bring all those responsible to answer for their crimes. Regrettably, political violence is a tragic legacy left to our people by decades of conflict and misrule. It is also unfortunately true that one of the more gruesome of these legacies is that bequeathed by the armed left whose deadly purges and assassinations are well documented. Not surprisingly, the areas where the armed left have carried out their violence are the same areas where we now see the most unexplained...
...Rumsfeld-Abizaid-Casey emphasis on a "light footprint" for the U.S. military and on drawing down American troops as soon as possible. Keane-Kagan follows classic counterinsurgency doctrine by sending enough troops to provide security for the Iraqi people, especially in Baghdad, now the center of gravity of the conflict. With security established, training of the Iraqi army and political reconciliation can proceed. This plan is likely to be the basis for the new way forward soon to be announced by the Bush Administration...
...militant edge following Arab independence after World War II. Partly as a reaction to Israel's defeat of the Arabs in the 1948 war, Arab nationalism promoted militaristic societies led by warrior leaders who espoused dreams of victory and grandeur. The tragic result has been decades of tyranny, conflict and stagnation for millions of Arabs rather than the blossoming of an Arab renaissance. Egypt's Gamal Abdul Nasser became Arab nationalism's first populist leader with his nationalization of the Suez Canal. But a decade later, he blundered the Arabs into the devastating 1967 war with Israel that spelled...
...hanging chanted "Moqtada, Moqtada, Moqtada" as a taunt to the former dictator moments before he died. The scene added yet another notch in the tension building between U.S. forces and the Mahdi Army, leaving many wondering how long the two sides will eye each other before flying into open conflict...
...seeing her dead is nothing more than a splinter of pain compared to what those who loved her must now feel. Still, the moment allowed me to begin to grasp the depth of anguish felt now by so many Americans and Iraqis who've lost loved ones to the conflict. It's staggering. The shared miseries already seem bottomless as the death toll climbs higher still with the passing of each day here...